Commune of Coligny
Country	France
Région	Rhône-Alpes
Département	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Coligny (chief town)
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Coligny
Mayor Term of office	Jean Bernadac 2001-2007
Land area¹	16.87 km²
Population² (1999)	1,114
Population density ()	66.0 pers./km²
Longitude
Latitude
Altitude	average: 293 m minimum: maximum:
INSEE Code	01108
Postal code	01270
1 French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers. 2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personnel). Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... France is divided into 26 régions: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a région in common... Capital Lyon Land area¹ 43,698 km² Regional President Jean-Jack Queyranne (PS) (since 2004) Population  - Jan. ... Template:France divisions levels, Junkyard Willie The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ... Ain is a département named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France bordering Switzerland. ... The 100 French départements are divided into 342 arrondissements. ... The arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse is an arrondissement of France, located in the Ain département, in the Rhône-Alpes région. ... The canton is an administrative division of France. ... The commune (in French: commune, word appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin communia, meaning a gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common) is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... Map of Earth showing lines of longitude, which appear curved and vertical in this projection, but are actually halves of great circles Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... Latitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... INSEE is the French abbreviation for the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques). ... A postal code is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. ... Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing numerous ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits and services. ...

Coligny is a commune in the French département of Ain. The commune (in French: commune, word appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin communia, meaning a gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common) is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... Template:France divisions levels, Junkyard Willie The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ... Ain is a département named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France bordering Switzerland. ...

Celtic background

Coligny is famed for its Celtic almanac, the "Coligny calendar", which is unlike any other in the world. The almanac, which dates from the 2nd century, is the longest-surviving Gaulish inscription and has been key in the undertanding of the language of the Gauls, as well as their knowledge of astronomy. It is written in the latin alphabet. An almanac (also spelled almanack, especially in Commonwealth English) is an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields often arranged according to the calendar. ... overview of the re-assembled tablet detail of Mid Samonios The Gaulish Coligny Calendar was found in Coligny, Ain, France (46°23′ N 5°21′ E) near Lyons in 1897, along with the head of a bronze statue of a youthful male figure. ... // Events Roman Empire governed by the Five Good Emperors (96–180) – Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius. ... Gaulish is name given to the now-extinct Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul before the Romans, the Franks and the British Celts invaded. ... Lunar astronomy: the large crater is Daedalus, photographed by the crew of Apollo 11 as they circled the Moon in 1969. ... The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ...

At the end of the 19th century a bronze statue was discovered in the town and has been christened the Dieu de Coligny (God of Coligny).

Miscellaneous

Coligny was the birthplace of Joseph Darnand (1897-1945), a French pro-Nazi traitor and leader of the Vichy French Milice. Joseph Darnand, wearing the wide beret of the Milice Joseph Darnand (March 19, 1897 - October 10, 1945) was a French pro-Nazi traitor and leader of the Vichy French Milice. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ... In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to ones nation. ... Presidential flag of Vichy France Vichy France, or the Vichy regime was the de facto French government of 1940-1944 during the Nazi Germany occupation of World War II. Now known in French as the Régime de Vichy or Vichy, during its existence it referred to itself as L... A recruitment poster for the Milice. ...

External links

• Official site
• The almanac of Coligny